Rome | An Italian expert studying a first-century document written by the Roman historian Marcus Velleius Paterculus that was recently discovered in the archives of the Vatican found what is presumed to be the first eyewitness account ever recorded of a miracle of Jesus Christ.

The author describes a scene that he allegedly witnessed, in which a prophet and teacher that he names Iēsous de Nazarenus, resuscitated a stillborn boy and handed him back to his mother.

Historian and archivist Ignazio Perrucci, was hired by the Vatican authorities in 2012, to sort, analyze andclassify some 6,000 ancient documents that had been uncovered in the gigantic archive vaults. He was already very excited when he noticed that the author of the text was the famous Roman historian Velleius, but he was completely stunned when he realized the nature of the content.

He was already very excited when he noticed that the author of the text was the famous Roman historian Velleius, but he was completely stunned when he realized the nature of the content.

Professor Perrucci found the text in the archives of the Vatican while searching amongst a bundle of personal letters and other trivial documents dating from the Roman era.

The text as a whole is a narrative of the author’s return journey from Parthia to Rome that occurred in 31 AD, recorded in a highly rhetorical style of four sheets of parchment. He describes many different episodes taking place during his trip, like a violent sandstorm in Mesopotamia and visit to a temple in Melitta (modern day Mdina, in Malta).

The part of the text that really caught M. Perrucci’s attention is an episode taking place in the city of Sebaste (near modern day Nablus, in the West Bank). The author first describes the arrival of a great leader in the town with a group of disciples and followers, causing many of the lower class people from neighbouring villages to gather around them. According to Velleius, that great man’s name was Iēsous de Nazarenus,aGreco-Latintranslation of Jesus’ Hebrew name, Yeshua Notzri.

Upon entering the town, Jesus would have visited the house of a woman named Elisheba, who had just given birth to a stillborn child. Jesus picked up the dead child and uttered a prayer in Aramaic to the heavens, which unfortunately the author describes as immensus, meaning incomprehensible. To the crowd’s surprise and amazement, the baby came back to life almost immediately, crying and squirming like a healthy newborn.

Marcus Velleius Paterculus, being a Roman officer of Campanian origins, seems to perceive Jesus Christ as a great doctor and miracle man, without associating him in any way to the Jewish concept of Messiah.

Many tests and analysis have been realized over the last weeks to determine the authenticity of the manuscript. The composition of the parchment and ink, the literary style and handwriting have all been carefully scrutinized and were considered to be entirely legitimate. The dating analysis also revealed that the sheepskin parchment on which the text is written does indeed date from the 1st century of this era, more precisely from between 20-45 AD.

This new text from an author known for his reliability brings a brand new perspective on the life of the historical character that is Jesus of Nazareth. It comes to confirm the Gospels on the facts that he was known for accomplishing miracles and that his sheer presence in a town was enough to attract crowds of people.

A complete and official translation of the document should be made available online in many different languages over the next few weeks, but the impact of the discovery is already felt in the scientific community. Many scholars have already saluted the finding as one of the greatest breakthrough ever realized in the study of the historical life of Jesus, while others have expressed doubts about the conclusions of Professor Perrucci and demand for more tests to be performed by other scientific institutions before drawing any conclusions.

Brother, Muhammed PBUH was born 200-300 years after Jesus PBUH died. And what you should think about is this : “The author describes a scene that he allegedly witnessed, in which a prophet and teacher that he names Iēsous de Nazarenus, resuscitated a stillborn boy and handed him back to his mother” he said prohpet and teacher not god or son of god.

Yes, people who don’t understand God, like the pagan M. V. Paterculus, would need to see Jesus PCFH(peace comes from Him) as less than God or the Son of God. They won’t submit to God’s will of taking on a human body and dwelling among us. Muhammad was born in 570 and never claimed anything greater than Jesus PCFH did, thus if he were a prophet of God, he would be a lesser prophet.

Your dates are off with Muhammed PBUH, born in Mecca 570AD and died in Medina in 632AD…the Romans were familiar with many prophets, teachers, and miracle workers throughout the empire. However, “Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.” Matthew 27:54

mohammed bantalal. When this was supposedly written, the Good News of Jesus being the Son of God was not widely known. It would be unlikely that an outsider first witnessing Jesus and his miraculous healing power would have known all the facts about him.

The gospels also say a lot of things that could not have possibly happened as they were written. They list dates and rulers that conflict with each other. If this was “inspired” by your god, he is a very bad communicator.

Please, Smarter than “Dr. Paul,” Do not speak in generalities. Offer proofs of your supposed errancies in the New Testament. What “dates and rulers…conflict with each other.”? I anxiously await your proofs, even though I know that you have none.

Why is it that some Christians are either unable or unwilling to use search engines. For “list of new testament contradictions” there are 31 million results on bing and 314,000 on google. But yeah nobody’s backing up their arguments at all.

Your dates are off with Muhammed PBUH, born in Mecca 570AD and died in Medina in 632AD…the Romans were familiar with many prophets, teachers, and miracle workers throughout the empire. However, “Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.” Matthew 27:54

Many people smarter than us have searched with the intent of showing inconsistencies in the Bible, all I repeat all have been unsuccessful. A great many non-Christians with the only goal in their life to disprove Christianity have become Christians. It is ok not to understand Christianity because you won’t understand it until you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior. At first you will be fed milk and as your knowledge increases so will your understanding. Just to throw unfounded and and quite frankly ignorant comments on a relatively anonymous forum is cowardly and antagonistic. I would welcome the chance to debate you on any aspect of Christianity. I consider myself a decent Apologetic and would love to hone my God given Evangelistic skills.

Any intelligent agnostic has to admit that the historical records proving the existence of a man now known as Jesus are overwhelming. They also strongly show that has was doing crowd inspiring things. Even the muslims refer to him as the magician in the Koran. This is another piece of evidence that backs up everything else we know about JC as ‘fact’ – He existed and did jaw dropping things.

I’m an agnostic, and research into the historical proof of Jesus’ existence is hazy at best. I also find it strange that atheists and agnostics demand proof of a divine presence, and are given no empirical evidence. Rather, it is upon them to “let god into their hearts” or “have faith.” Then below, we see an atheist make a wild claim, and suddenly the christian is demanding proof from them. It’s a never ending debate. This manuscript is compelling evidence for sure, but proves nothing.

Praise the Lord. I am sure more and more revelations will come till the last days to improve our faith. Just like Tracy, many are criticising our sweet living God. We cannot blame her. She is not tasted our Lord. I am a person who is seeing his miracles and hearing His messages for my ministry and living for the last 24 years. Praise be to the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and God. God bless you all

I find it sad that instead of being awed at a new text which describes the one we know as Jesus.People go right back to fighting about religion.. Jesus was/is
not a religion. If we dont know that, then we dont know who He is at all…

honestly… i don’t know what to belive. i doubt everything bible. One thing i recognize is that all life is related. we all need water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, etc…. to live. something created us equally in our our rights

Tell me Jesus freaks if god and jesus are the creators and gods of this planet why do all of your so called gods exist only in the past, why don’t we see them now. you know of course there are hundreds of gods and none exist today walking down main street. But there plenty with there hands out wanting cash for god and bow to his rules and that makes no sense to you people does it. Its called a symptom of control. nothing more, nothing less, good sheep wanting to live forever.

Your post comes off angry and shrill. I don’t know what a religious person once did to you that has resulted in such invective against anyone of faith. As an agnostic, I too am not a person of deep religious faith, but it takes nothing from me that someone else is.

I personally feel that we as HIS children, do not need any discoveries or findings or proofs of what JESUS did when HE came as Son of Man 2000 years ago. The very work of Salvation that HE performed in our lives is a certain proof, because that is the greatest miracle!! Second, if anyone says ‘you may not need it, but it is for those who do not know HIM’, my answer is: if anyone has to be saved, he/she must be drawn by GOD HIMSELF, as said in Jn6:44!Unless their hearts are broken and burnt,any such findings will have NO EFFECT ON THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE. Prompting of the HOLY SPIRIT matters all. Amen in JESUS’ Name.

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